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Bashundhara Group chair, MD seek 90 days to appear at ACC

Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, his son Sayem Sobhan Anvir, also the group’s managing director, and several other members of Sobhan’s family sought a 90-day time to appear before the Anti-Corruption Commission...

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NCA freezes Sheikh Rehana’s London home sale

The National Crime Agency has taken the first step in Britain in a corruption case embroiling ex-city minister Tulip Siddiq, by freezing any future sale of her mother’s home, reports The Mail...

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ACC prosecutes ex-whip Swapon, his wife

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday filed two cases against former whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapon and his wife Mehbuba Alam on charges of amassing illegal wealth...

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Travel ban slapped on ex-minister Saber, family, Noor Ali

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Sunday issued a travel ban on former minister for environment, forest and climate change Saber Hossain Chowdhury and his family members over allegations of corruption.

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ACC grills NCP leader Tanvir, two POs of health adviser over graft charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday interrogated National Citizen Party’s suspended joint member secretary Gazi Salauddin Ahmed Tanvir and health adviser Nurjahan Begum’s former personal officer Tuhin Farabi and current PO Mahmudul Hasan over corruption charges...

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DIP director Saidul, wife sued over illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against director of the Department of Immigration and Passport Md Saidul Islam and his wife Shaila Akhter on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 2.63 crore.

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Two houses, 19 flats, lands of Nafeez Sarafat, family seized

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize assets, including 19 flats and two houses, owned by former Padma Bank chair Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat and his family members over graft allegations.

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ACC prosecutes S Alam, 42 others

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday filed two separate cases against 43 people, including S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, also former chairman of First Security Islami Bank, and the bank’s former...

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SC to hear delayed ACC appeal against Hasina case crapping

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday set July 15 for hearing a delayed petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in March 2025 seeking permission to appeal against a 2010 High Court verdict...

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ACC launches fresh raid on BCB over corruption allegations

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Saturday conducted a fresh raid on the Bangladesh Cricket Board headquarters in Mirpur, just a month after a similar operation, as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged irregularities and corruption...

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ACC sues Saad Musa Group owner, ex-NBL MD, nine directors

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed a case against 16 people, including Saad Musa Group proprietor Mohammad Mohsin and former National Bank Limited managing director Chowdhury Moshtaq Ahmed, on charges of embezzling Tk 404 crore from the government-declared Covid stimulus package and laundering the fund...

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Foreign factor in Ctg port without wide consultation unacceptable

CHATTOGRAM Port, considered the lifeline of the national economy, requires immediate attention to address perennial mismanagement, inefficiency and corruption in its operation. The Comptroller and Auditor General earlier reported the state coffers were robbed of Tk 258 crore on 26 counts of irregularities by the Chattogram Port Authority in 2017–20 and said that..

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ACC summons ex-APS, POs to two advisers over graft charges

The Anti-Corruption Commission has summoned youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain’s former assistant private secretary Moazzem Hossain and health adviser Nurjahan Begum’s former personal officer Tuhin Farabi and...

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ACC sues ex-MP Rubina, her husband

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against former lawmaker Syeda Rubina Akter Meera and her husband Md Mosharraf Hossain Raja allegedly for amassing illegal assets and laundering money...

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New audit ordinance cuts CAG’s independence: TIB

The Transparency International Bangladesh on Thursday urged the interim government to amend immediately the Public Accounts Audit Ordinance, 2025, saying that the ordinance has curtained the constitutional authority of the Comptroller and Auditor General and would pave the way for corruption and tax evasion...

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ACC sues ex-MP Mamunur Rashid, his wife for amassing illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday filed two cases against former lawmaker from Noakhali-3 constituency Md Mamunur Rashid Kiron and his wife Jasmin Aktar on charges of amassing Tk 51 crore beyond known sources of income and suspicious transactions of Tk 211 crore in his bank accounts...

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ACC summons Tulip Siddiq for interrogation

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday summoned Tulip Siddiq, a British lawmaker and niece of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in connection with a case filed against her on charges of accepting a luxury apartment at Gulshan in Dhaka as an illegal reward.

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No justice without clean hands

CORRUPTION in Bangladesh is no longer just a political nuisance, it is an existential crisis. It undermines governance, distorts economic growth and erodes public trust in institutions. From the corridors of power to everyday interactions, corruption has embedded itself so deeply in society that many now see it as an unavoidable reality rather than a crime...

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Hasina’s ex-principal secy Tofazzel under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday initiated an inquiry over the allegations of corruption including amassing illegal wealth and abuse of power against Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah, the former principal secretary to the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...

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ACC probes into alleged corruption of APS, POs to 2 advisers

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started an inquiry into corruption allegations against a former assistant private secretary to the youth and sports adviser and a former and a serving personal officers to the health adviser...

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ACC probes alleged corruption of APS, POs of 2 advisers

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started an inquiry into corruption allegations against a former assistant private secretary to the youth and sports adviser and a former and a serving personal officers to the health adviser.

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Bashundhara’s shares of Tk 1,458cr seized

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 75.46 crore shares, worth Tk 1,458 crore, of 22 companies of the Bashundhara Group in connection with graft allegations...

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ACC raids DSHE office in Rajshahi over bribes

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday conducted a drive at the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education’s Rajshahi zone office on charges of taking bribes from the teachers for approving and forwarding teachers’ MPO and pay arrears...

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Corruption mars mechanism

GOVERNMENT land settlement is still much unsettled, lacking in transparency and mired in colonial practices. Bangladesh’s constitution has emphasised the establishment of a society free of hunger, bestowed with the right of equal access to resources. The Agricultural Khas Land Management and Settlement Policy 1997 and Section 7 of the Land Reforms Act 2023 lay...

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Former APS, PO to 2 advisers under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission has started gathering information over corruption allegations against a former personal officer and a former assistant private secretary to two advisers of the interim government.